PEARCE, Joseph P.Romance of Ancient Leverpoole. in dustjacketPhilip, Son & Nephew, Ltd., Liverpool, 0, PEARCE, Joseph P. The Romance of Ancient Leverpoole. Liverpool : Philip, Son & Nephew, Ltd., n.d. [1946?]. Pp (2),iii-xii,13-219,(1). Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated green cloth, lettered in black. Contents : 1. Pre-Roman. 2. The Coming of the Northmen (Roman and Saxon Memories). 3. Visions of AncientLiverpool. 4. Pictures of our Town in the Long Ago. 5. The Days of the Tud ors. 6. Elizabethan Revels. 7. Liverpool before the Great Siege. 8. The Days of the Siege. 9. Dreams and Records. 10. Pictures of the Days of Charles the Second. 11. Streets and Men of .Liverpool at the Time of the Revolution. 12. Restorations and Dreams of the Future. 13. Slaves, Inns, " Charlies "and Theatres. 14. Mills, Coaches, Potteries amd Diversions. 15. Old Folks and Old Happenings. 16. Memories of the Town's Hounds and Enchantments. 17.Liverpool Fairs and Revelries. 18. Tales by a Local Fireside. 19. Shadow a nd Song. 20. "The Old Order Changeth:. 21. "Queens " of Liverpool. 22. "Looking Backward". 23. Looking Forward and Upward. Some browning and wear to spine ends and edges, gift inscription dated Xmas 1947, else very good in poor, worn, chipped, torn, browned, tape-repaired dustjacket. 40.00

PERKINS, Simeon Champlain Society 29 INNIS, Harold A., ed./intro.Diary of Simeon Perkins 1766-1780. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Harold A. Innis.Champlain Society, Toronto , 1948, (PERKINS, Simeon). The Diary of Simeon Perkins 1766-1780. Edited with Introduction and Notes by Harold A. Innis. Toronto : The Champlain Society, 1948. Pp [i]-xxxiv,[1]-298,i-xiii,(1). Index. Large 8vo, red cloth, gilt titlesto spine, top edge gilt. The Publications of the Champlain Society XXIX. H allett, Bermuda in Print : A Guide to the Printed Literature on Bermuda, 2nd ed., p. 156. Contents : Introduction. I. The first establishment. II. Permanent settlement. III. Outbreak of Revolution. IV. American privateering. V. Counterattack. "Simeon Perkins (February 24, 1735 – May 9, 1812) was a Nova Scotia merchant, diarist and politician. Colonel Simeon Perkins was born in Norwich, Connecticut, one of sixteen children of Jacob Perkins and Jemima Leonard. He came to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in May 1762 as part of the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia. In Liverpool, Perkins immediately began trading in fish and lumber and forged trading ties with New England, Newfoundland, Europe and the West Indies. During the American Revolution, Perkins was at first neutral, but became increasingly loyal to the British cause. His diary, which he began in 1766, remains a vital source for historians studying colonial Canada and the battle for identity and loyalty. After relentless American privateer attacks on shipping and an attempted American looting of Liverpool itself, Perkins led theoutfitting of several privateer ships against the Americans. Perkins also invested in privateering during the Napoleonic Wars, earning substantial returns from vessels such as the ships Charles Mary Wentworth, Duke of Kent and the famous brig Rover.A born leader, he held public office for a long period representing Queens County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 to 1768 and from 177 0 to 1799. He held twenty-seven government positions in his life time, noneof which paid including justice of the peace, colonel of the militia, and judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Quarter Sessions." - from wikipedia. Limited to 550 copies, this one unnumbered. Very good. From the library of Roy Gurney, superintendent of the University of Toronto Press. 550.00

PERKINS, Simeon Champlain Society 50 FERGUSSON, Charles Bruce, ed./intro.Diary of Simeon Perkins 1804-1812.. ltd ed.Champlain Society, Toronto , 1978, PERKINS, Simeon. The Diary of Simeon Perkins 1804-1812. Edited with an introduction and notes by Charles Bruce Fergusson. Toronto : The Champlain Society, 1978. Pp (6),vii-liii,(1),1-520,i-xxiv,(2). 8vo, red cloth, gilt to spine, top edge gilt, other edges untrimmed. Publications of the Champlain Society L - Unnumbered copy of 1400 copies. Hallett, Bermuda in Print : A Guide to the Printed Literature on Bermuda, 2nd ed., p. 156. "Simeon Perkins (February 24, 1735 – May 9, 1812) was a Nova Scotia merchant, diarist and politician. Colonel Simeon Perkins was born in Norwich, Connecticut, one of sixteen children of Jacob Perkins and Jemima Leonard. He came to Liverpool, Nova Scotia, in May 1762 as part of the New England Planter migration to Nova Scotia. In Liverpool, Perkins immediately began trading in fish and lumber and forged trading ties with New England, Newfoundland, Europe and the West Indies. During the American Revolution, Perkins was at first neutral, but became increasingly loyal to the British cause. His diary, which he began in 1766, remains a vital source for historians studying colonial Canada and the battle for identity and loyalty. After relentless American privateerattacks on shipping and an attempted American looting of Liverpool itself, Perkins led the outfitting of several privateer ships against the American s. Perkins also invested in privateering during the Napoleonic Wars, earning substantial returns from vessels such as the ships Charles Mary Wentworth, Duke of Kent and the famous brig Rover. A born leader, he held public office for a long period representing Queens County in the Nova Scotia House of Assembly from 1765 to 1768 and from 1770 to 1799. He held twenty-seven government positions in his life time, none of which paid including justice of the peace, colonel of the militia, and judge in the Inferior Court of Common Pleas and the Court of Quarter Sessions." - from wikipedia. Light wear to spine ends and corners, else very good. Mostly unopened. 50.00

PILGRIM, Earl B. BLACKBURN, HowardDrifting into Doom : Howard Blackburn and Tommy Welsh : Lost at SeaDRC Publishing, St. John's, NF, 2009, ISBN:9781926689067 PILGRIM, Earl B. Drifting into Doom : Howard Blackburn and Tommy Welsh : Lost at Sea. (St. John's, Newfoundland and Labrador : DRC Publishing, 2009). First Edition. Pp. [i]-vi,1-241,(1). 8vo, art-illustrated n card covers. The cover title is : Drifting into Doom : Tragedy at Sea. Earl Baxter Pilgrim(b. 1939, St. Anthony, Newfoundland). "In January 1883, Howard Blackburn, a Nova Scotia native fishing out of Gloucester, Mass and his dory mate Thomas Welsh, a 16-year-old from Grand Bank, Newfoundland, went adrift from their schooner, the Grace L. Fears, while fishing off the Burgeo Banks. Five days after their ordeal began, a barely alive Howard rowed ashore at Little River (now Grey River) on Newfoundland's south coast. Tommy was dead. In Drifting into Doom, best selling author Earl Pilgrim tells a gripping story of tragedy and survival, including the heroic efforts of Aunt Jenny Lushman,Susie Bushney, and all the people of Grey River who did all they could to save Howard's Life." - from rear cover. Howard Blackburn (b. February 17, 1859, Port Medway, Queens County, Nova Scotia - d. November 4, 1932, Gloucester, Massachusetts). Very good. 16.00

RAWLYK, George A.Nova Scotia's Massachusetts: A Study of Massachusetts - Nova Scotia Relations 1630-1784. in djMcGill-Queens University Press, 1973, ISBN:0773501428 RAWLYK, George A. Nova Scotia's Massachusetts : A Study of Massachusetts - Nova Scotia Relations 1630-1784. Montreal & London : McGill-Queens University Press, 1973. Pp (6),[vii]-xviii,1-298,(4). 8vo, black cloth. Tennyson 417, Tennyson, Cape Bretoniana 1060. George Alexander Rawlyk (b. May 19, 1935, Thorold, Ontario - d. November 23, 1995, Ottawa). "This book is primarilyconcerned with two facets of Massachusetts' relationship with Nova Scotia: its economic stranglehold over the neighbouring colony during most of the period from 1630 to 1784 and the various military thrusts sent from New England to the region to the northeast. Instead of seeing the expansion of NewEngland into Nova Scotia as leading inevitably and naturally to the expuls ion of the Acadians in 1755, Professor Rawlyk perceives Massachusetts' interest in the area as suddenly declining after the Louisbourg campaign of 1745. The military expeditions did not represent a growing Massachusetts imperialism but were rather the expression of temporary enthusiasm and concern. They represented a response, not to popular demand, but to the political pressure of certain interest groups and the shrill rhetoric of various propagandists. After 1755 whatever sympathetic concern Massachusetts had for its neighbouring colony virtually disappeared. Nova Scotia was regarded as a backward Anglophile colony incapable and unworthy of political redemtion. This indifference, together with other factors, meant that when the American Revolution broke out, Nova Scotia rejected it." - from the dustjacket. Contents: 1. John Winthrop and Nova Scotia, 1630-1649; 2. Robert Sedgwick, Thomas Temple, and Nova Scotia, 1650-1670; 3. Years of Peace and Years of Growing Tension, 1670-1686; 4. John Nelson, William Phips, and the Capture of Nova Scotia, 1687-1690; 5. John Nelson and Benjamin Church, 1690-1697; 6. Joseph Dudley, 1698-1707; 7. Samuel Vetch and Francis Nicholson, 1708-1717; 8. Massachusetts, Canso, Annapolis Royal and Louisbourhg, 1718-1744; 9. William Shirley and Louisbourg, 1744-1745; 10. The Capture of Louisbourg and Aftermath, 1745-1748; 11. Wiliam Shirley and Charles Lawrence, 1749-1756; 12. Massachusetts and Nova Scotia, 1757-1776; 13. Privateering and Revival: The Revolutionary Years, 1777-1784. Name, else very good in nicked dustjacket. 40.00